A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southern Turkey near the Syrian border late on Monday, setting off panic and further damaging buildings two weeks after the country's worst earthquake in modern history left tens of thousands dead.
Muna Al Omar, a resident, said she was in a tent in a park in central Antakya when the earthquake hit.
Smaller tremors have jolted the region in the last two weeks but the Monday quake was the largest since Feb. 6.
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